Suzy Pope

Suzy Pope is an Edinburgh food and travel journalist who has contributed to Independent Travel since 2024. She reviews restaurants for The Times, National Geographic Food and local Edinburgh magazine The List. Destination-wise, her specialisms are Scotland, Iceland, Japan and Albania, and she is co-author of the DK Eyewitness guide to Albania. Her work has also been featured in The Times, Wanderlust, The Guardian and Wizz Air magazine among others.

<p>Order yourself some champagne on ice and bed down at these boutique stays in Edinburgh</p>

Best boutique hotels in Edinburgh 2025, reviewed

<p>Plenty of light spills into the rooms at The Glasshouse</p>

The Glasshouse, Edinburgh hotel review

<p>Kimpton Charlotte Square offers a sound wellness room</p>

Best spa hotels in Edinburgh 2025, reviewed

<p>Cocktails with a view: Look over the Edinburgh cityscape at the Gleneagles Townhouse terrace</p>

Best hotels in Edinburgh 2025, reviewed

<p>A piper outside the royal yacht Britannia in Edinburgh</p>

The best Burns Night events in Edinburgh, London and across the UK

<p>Don’t swerve style and elegance even if you are on a budget</p>

Best cheap hotels in Edinburgh, reviewed

<p>The charm of the coast is just a few miles from Edinburgh’s city centre </p>

How to spend a day in Portobello, Edinburgh’s swinging seaside suburb

<p>The Trastevere district of Rome offers a vast number of culinary delights </p>

This is the Rome neighbourhood where the locals come to eat

<p>The Myvatn series of lakes makes up part of the striking landscape of North Icelend </p>

Iceland’s Diamond Circle: Why you should visit